Warning: There are only very slight changes to the story line and plot up to 4x25. This will not follow along with season 5.
Disclaimer:I own nothing of Pretty Little Liars or the characters
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I felt the chill of the cold night creep up my bare back as I walked out into the dark "Hello? Is someone out here?" I asked as I stepped out of the front door of the cabin, hearing no response but a rustle of leaves from the trees not twenty feet away in the dark foreboding forest. "Hello?" I called again feeling the cold hard ground against my bare feet. Damn Toby for making us hide out at this creepy cabin in the coldest summer ever. "So help me Toby if that is you I am going to-""You are going to what?" he said sending me jumping five feet in the air as i felt my heart leap into my throat.
"Oh my-"I Said trying to catch my breath "You scared me." "Aw I am sorry, baby" he apologized wrapping his arms around me. "What are you doing out here you are freezing?" He said rubbing my back in a comforting yet feeble attempt to warm my icy skin "God, You are shivering. Let's go inside, Spencer." I nod but make no moves toward the cabin. "I thought I heard something out here." Toby made his all too familiar I know where you are going with this Spencer but I don't believe you Face. "Spence when are you going to stop living in fear?" Shaking my head as I pushed away from him and sat on the bench near the porch. Tears pouring down my face giving away my emotions like salty, hot little traitors.
"Please come inside Spencer." I shake my head at him as he kneels in front of my tilting my chin up. "I can't shake the feeling that someone is still out there watching us." He sighs sitting next to me and pulling me onto his lap. "Spencer, I worry all the time but we are in a different state right now. No one knows we are here." I sat up to look at him so he could see my face. "I guess so but we have so much more to lose now, Toby. I just don't think it is a good Idea to hide out miles away from civilization. I mean what if something happens?" "Spencer I thought we were in agreement. This is what is best for us right now." I swallow the lump in my throat. "I am not so sure anymore."
He let out a frustrated sigh "I just don't get why changed your mind. Two days ago you said you were happy with this arrangement and now you want to go back? We have been gone for three months, Spencer. Things have changed we can never go back to the way it was." I felt the Icy chill return this time not from the cold but the repercussions our little escape may have when we do go back. "I know that, Toby. I am so happy we did this but I miss my life I miss everyone. We need our friends and family and I can't help feeling like they need us." I sank to the ground giving up on keeping it together as I sobbed into my knees. "Hey, Hey don't do this." He said crouching down and rubbing my back. "Let's just go inside and get some sleep we will talk about it in the morning." I press my forehead to his "Okay, I am exhausted anyway." He smiled planting a quick chaste kiss on my lips "That's my girl." He teased before scooping me up and carrying me into the cabin. "Toby, Put me down." I squealed and kicked, trying to suppress the laughter but failing. "I love you Spencer." He whispered placing me on the bed and leaning over me. "I Love you too." I replied as he kissed my neck. "I am not tired anymore." I moan grasping his face and pulling him in for a passionate kiss as his hands removed the straps of my nightgown from my shoulders.
I awoke to bright sun light blinding me and reached across the bed for Toby. I felt nothing but cold sheets. "Toby?" I called immediately alarmed and bolted out of bed grabbing my robe. "Toby?" I called out again throwing the bedroom door open as panic set in. I scanned the small living area still seeing no sign of him. I quickly made my way across the room to the front door. My heart racing as I reached for the knob praying I would not see my worst fears realized. "TOBY." I yelled this time looking around the small clearing that surrounded the cabin. "Yes." He answered coming from around the side of the shed with an arm full of fire wood. Relief washed through me as I charged toward him making him drop the wood and launched myself into his arms. "Oh thank God. I thought A had found us." I said kissing his neck. He sighed "Why do you automatically assume the worse?" I shook my head "I heard something last night and I guess I just keep waiting for A to find us." "Quit thinking like that we have gone to a great deal of trouble to cover our tracks." I pulled away and started gathering the firewood." I know but A almost had us in Nevada and I just can't be sure." "We are in remote Montana in with the middle of nowhere with no more paper trail." He replied gathering the rest for the firewood." We got careless in Nevada, Spencer. I assure you, we are safe." I stood up walking back to the cabin "I don't think we will ever be safe, Toby. Not unless we catch A."
I set the wood down in the bin next to the fireplace and headed to the coffee maker. "Spencer." He warned as I started the coffee. "Chill its decaf." I say taking a mug out of the cabinet. "Good, We finally broke you of your caffeine addiction. I really don't want to go there again." I roll my eyes and start breakfast. "Was it really that bad." I asked cracking an egg in to a bowl. "Let's just say there was a moment when I felt like A wasn't such a terrorist compared to you." I stopped whisking the eggs and turned to look at him. "That is not funny." I admonished giving him the look and watching his smile fade. "Oh, come on, Spence. It was a joke." He replied walking over to me. "Was I really that bad?" I questioned looking into his beautiful blue eyes. "No, I guess we have been through worse but it was not pleasant."He admitted. I scoffed "Well I didn't have to give it up but you insisted. I'd say your brought it upon yourself, Mr. Cavanaugh." I laughed as shook his head "Spencer you were having palpitations from the amount you were consuming. It needed to happen." I sighed returning my attention to cooking breakfast. "Well still I miss the taste." "Ah, the words every addict says." I beat the eggs even harder glaring at him my nostrils flaring in response to my anger. "Woah, I didn't mean that. I am sorry I almost forgot." He backtracked moving out of the small kitchen. "Just go shower. I will finish making breakfast." I waved dismissing him.
"Whatever." He muttered under his breath as he made his way to the bathroom.
When we had finished breakfast and cleaned up. I decided to broach the subject that we had to shelf for this morning. "So, Are we going to finish the to be continued from last night?"I asked sitting in the arm chair with my second cup of impostor coffee. "I don't know, Spencer. Are you sure you even want to?"I shrug taking as sip from my mug. "I do but I think you should hear me out." He motions to me " You have the floor, Spencer. State your case." I smirk setting my mug on the table.
"Okay well I have been thinking a lot about what we did and I don't think it is fair to our friends and families to leave them hanging the way we did. I mean Ali comes back and we disappear. That is not fair to them. We just left a vague note that we were going on a trip. I am sure by now they think either A has gotten their bloody,evil little hands on us or we are just the most selfish, disloyal people on the face of the planet. I mean we can't even get decent cell service within a hundred miles of this place. I haven't texted or emailed anyone in like a month. They are probably wondering if we killed each other or something. I just think that we owe it to everyone to be there. Who knows what has happened last I heard Ezra was suffering from amnesia and Alison was in police custody. I just feel like we deserted our friends.
"I mean these last few months have been the best of my life but I am ready to go home and continue our normal lives. I hate living out of a suitcase and sleeping in uncomfortable beds. I need internet, cell service and school. I am Spencer Hastings I live for those things." I stood moving over to sit next to a solemn faced Toby. " I love You so much, Tobes. But I also love my friends and family. I need to see them."
I watched him closed his eyes and sigh. A good sign because I knew he was actually thinking about it. I sat in silence staring at my hands waiting patiently. This is not easy for me I thought inwardly dismissing my irritation.
After what seemed like an hour he responded. "Fine, you win. We will leave to today." My eyes widened with surprise. "Really!" I exclaimed jumping off the sofa in excitement ready to pack up the car. He laughed "Yes, Really I miss home too. As twisted as our lives are there it is still home." I threw myself on top of him kissing him with a I love this man with all my heart kiss.
I sat in the passenger seat staring out the window as we crossed over the Pennsylvania state line. Biting back the nausea that comes with the nerves of returning home. It had been an exhausting two day nonstop drive and I was ready to sleep in a bed. Though I knew we would need to face the music first. Especially since I hadn't given them any warning just in case A was still lurking around. "Toby, do you think everyone will hate us?" I asked turning to see his face. He grimaced "Well, I don't expect a warm welcome with open arms." I nodded " Yeah, me neither but I just hope they will understand." He laughed "Spencer, Trust me they won't understand all of what we did and they will be furious at first but they love you so they will forgive you. You know that." I sighed "Yes, I do I just wish we could have done things differently that's all. I hate that A gets to suck the joy out of everything." "Yeah, me too." He whispered sadly as we headed toward certain doom.
A few hours later I drove past the welcome to Rosewood sign feeling the tension in the car rise significantly. I missed my SUV hating that we bought such a tiny car. Its safe Toby said, it gets great gas mileage he said. I shook my head frowning at him as he closed his eyes trying to relax since he had driven for the last five hundred miles. " I feel it too." I said gripping the steering wheel so hard my knuckles turned white. " What is it about this town that causes so much uneasiness." He muttered. I snorted "Well it could be the string of unsolved murders and missing persons cases. Or maybe it's the fact that we are about to drop in on our loved ones unannounced and-""Not helping." He glared as I turned onto Main Street. "So where to first?" I asked Praying no one would recognize us yet. "Who is going to be the easiest?" he said in a short tone. "Honestly, Ali." He shook his head "How do we even know she is still alive? She could have really been killed by now." He asked with disinterest. "We don't." I replied "If she is, she's at school with Aria, Hanna and Emily. She is not stupid enough to ever be left alone." "I guess you are right." He agreed. "I know I am so Rosewood High it is." " Yes, but how are we going to get them all together?" I smiled. "Oh, I have a plan." I said parking about block away from the high school. "Give me the burner Phone." I said holding out my hand. He sighed and gave me the cheap smartphone we had purchased a few days ago. I blocked the number and texted Aria, Hanna, and Emily.
Spencer played a game of hide and seek want to guess who won. If you want her alive come get her at the liar's monument. –A
I hit send and crouched down watching the exit of the student parking lot for my friends. Like clockwork they sped out of the parking lot. I waited until they were around the corner before peeling out too. "Hey, Toby could you reach behind my seat and get the black bag?" I asked him as we pulled into the parking lot at the graveyard. "Thanks." I smiled at him pulling the black hoodies and gloves from our A-team escapades. "Put these on." I said tossing them at him.
We entered the mausoleum in stealth mode. I can tell he is nervous I don't blame him who knows what they have planned to 'rescue' me. "Did you find her?" I heard Aria whisper as we got closer. "No" Emily replied with a sad, defeated shrug. "Do you think A could have-"Hanna asked walking up to them. "Just don't go there Hanna. She has been missing for three months I refuse to believe she is the new Ali." Aria whispered "Well, if the shoe fits." Hanna, Stop." Emily scolded. "I think someone is here." "Damn right I am." Ali replied "If you thought you could leave me alone at school to bust A you are seriously delusional."
"See, I told you." I whispered to Toby who narrowed his eyes at me. "Did you hear that?" Ali whispered "I think someone's here." Hanna rolled her eyes "Yeah, A you idiot. Now move so we can save Spencer's Ass." "oh, you did not just call me an idiot." "Guys." Emily admonished.
I rolled my eyes I guess some things just never change. I signaled to Toby to follow my lead. "Help!' I screamed as Toby grabbed me putting his hand over my mouth and holding me gently against his body. "Tighter." I whispered he sighed reluctantly squeezing me and causing a shocked gasp escape my lips making him tense even more than he already was. "Cover your face," I warned as the girls rounded the corner right on time. "Oh my God." The all gasped simultaneously.
"Spencer?" Aria asked moving forward to get a better look. "Don't." Toby warned in a seriously ridiculous voice and moved his hand from my mouth so I could speak. "I need you to get everyone together tonight at my parents' house." I said in the most panicked voice I could manage. "A will let me go but only if you can to that." "Why not now?" Emily asked. I shook my head "I don't know I guess A wanted to show you I am alive for the moment." "How do we even know it is really you Spencer?" Hanna questioned no doubt wanting to see my face instead of another faceless person in a black hoodie. Toby pulled my hood down enough so they could see my face. "Oh, Spencer." Aria cried looking relieved. Hanna stayed quiet and Emily looked away with tears streaming down her face. Only Ali looked mad "I cannot believe you lead A right to me Spencer. I know this is a trap I can smell a lie, Remember." I shook my head feeling the tears leak out of my eyes. " I promise you it's not Ali, Please. It is the only way I can come home. We helped you get back, I think you would owe it to me." Her face softened. "Fine but let's get something straight this is not a trade or a negotiation to kidnap me it is a rescue effort if it doesn't work that way then you can be A's problem you got it." "Alison, how can you say that." Aria asked clearly shocked. "Fine, your message will be delivered to A." I said nodding at Toby who yanked me a little harder than necessary out the door. "Ouch." I cried as he shushed me and we made our get away.
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